@theotherkim
Archaeologist, food historian, digital humanist. Working on historical archaeology of institutions of immigration in the British Empire (AUS, GB, IE, CA). More info at kimberleyconnor.com. All opinions my own.
Come work with me on the William & Mary Anthropology Collections! We're looking for a postdoc in North American archaeology, preferably with experience on collections. Apply by April 2 for full consideration. πΊποΈ #academicsky
βA complete jokeβ
After the starting gun fires, Australian researchers have to wait 2β3 years before even starting the race.
Really clear article explaining the impossibly long new time-frames for Australian Research Council grants.
By @liammannix.bsky.social
I'm hiring! ποΈ
This is a VA-based, hybrid 3-year position for a historian working on digital projects related to religious history. We'll also be hiring a historian working on onsite programming and training related to religious history.
Feel free to reach out! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
The creator of the AI agent βEinsteinβ wants to free humans from the burden of academic labor, saying it's just like when horses were replaced by cars. Critics say that misses the point of education entirely.
www.404media.co/whats-the-po...
A painted pond has a dozen or so different painted duck decoys in a room designed for families at the folk art museum
Field trip to the DeWitt Museum for Contesting the Museum a big success, and I greatly enjoyed seeing this display of decoys
πΊTime Team, then DFB showed how much appetite there is for solid, fieldwork-founded, object-exploring & narrative archaeological public communication.
People want to understand time and their place in it as individuals, communities & a species, and effects of this have a unique power for cohesion.
Was having a convo with @bachynski.bsky.social & we decided that it's of upmost importance to start gathering the oral histories of those who lived through the time before polio vaccines, measles vaccines, etc. They can provide important perspectives and they will not be with us for too much longer
Years ago our admin did a red and black report. It took salaries & how much $ each instructor made in tuition $ for classes we taught-you were in the red or black. They released numbers once & shut it down bc humanities were producing huge $ for uni & engineers, business and scientists were losing $
A man standing up in a crowded room of people sitting. He is dressed in workman's clothes and has his head raised as if speaking up when not necessarily belonging there.
We are a rich enough country to be funding 37% of all basic research proposals, not just considering "the best" 37% and then maybe only funding 12% in the end.
Do beer drinkers pay more tax than gas companies?
Yes, they do!
Beer excise > PRRT
Beer drinkers' income tax > gas company income tax
Thread below, full details here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/tax-b...
Thereβs only 1 person in Congress who doesnβt trade stocks, doesnβt take corporate PAC money, and has a public schedule. Thatβs me. And it should be the standard.
I haven't even seen my print copy yet but very pleased to have a chapter in this new edited volume on the archaeology of food in Australia. My chapter examines the evidence for institutional foodways in Aus ποΈπΊ
Monday in DC! Details and tickets at events.ticketleap.com/tickets/prof... .
Historians: this is the archaeological equivalent (morally if not legally) of cutting pictures out of medieval manuscripts in a library and selling them on eBay.
Given... everything, I especially appreciate folks' interest in my work. In case you're curious, I've shared the introduction to my book, In the Shadow of El TajΓn: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico, here: works.hcommons.org/records/hv9r... ποΈππΊπ²π½
Ironically enough there seems to be somewhat of a slight correlation between student satisfaction and poorer PSC scores! (Comparison to THE rank included also but not as interesting)
And those in the HASS disciplines also seem to be at higher psychological risk!
Not shocking considering the constant attacks on the humanities disciplines, decreasing funding and increasing class sizes and workloads!
A Greek vessel with an armed owl, wearing helmet, shield, and a lance.
For #SuperbOwlSunday a gorgeous armed #owl, depicted on a Greek vessel, dating 5th century BC.
π·Louvre, Paris
A white quilt top with patchwork red interlacing circles lies across a bed
Piecing of the double wedding ring quilt top is done, now to get some batting and backing to start the quilting #quiltsky πͺ‘π§΅
Detail from a terracotta drinking vessel. An ow's face peers at the viewer with wide eyes.
A terracotta drinking vessel decorated with an owl, whose head is facing the viewer, standing between two olive branches. The small skyphos is a deep-bowled drinking cup with two horizontal handles.
Raise a glass! It's Superb Owl Sunday. π¦
πΊ This owl-fully cute terracotta drinking vessel is over 2,300 years old.
In Ancient Greece, owls represented Athena, goddess of wisdom, an association many still have with owls today. π‘
βΉοΈ https://gty.pulse.ly/n56nx9g7r0
I hear itβs almost time for some superb owls! Hereβs one from 1508 by Albrecht DΓΌrer.
Gallery Location Not on View Maker Coptic Medium Wool nalbinding (single needle looping) Geography Al FayyΕ«m, Egypt Date 200-641 Period Late Antique - Early Mediaeval Dimensions 10 x 5.8 cm Object number G1281 Collection Textiles & Costume of the Indian Ocean, Africa & the Islamic World Department Art & Culture: Global Fashion & Textiles
The Royal Ontario Museum added thousands of objects to their only museum catalogue last yearβwhich now totals almost 90,000 objects. My favorite remains this late antique childβs sock from Roman Egypt. 𧦠collections.rom.on.ca/objects/3736... The ancient world was full of kids and color.
Science: U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
By Jeffrey Mervis, Monica Hersher @science.org @policyhound.bsky.social @mghersher.bsky.social
bit.ly/3M8yf9B
I had to look up what freezing rain was this morning, but I certainly didn't realize this
Reverse of a copper alloy stamped button with shank. Very hard to read embossing says 'Wadham's & Co Extra'
TFW you decipher the writing on the back of the button and ID the manufacturer and a narrow date range
Some, however, were converted into new institutions. Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney became a female immigration depot and destitute asylum, housing unmarried immigrants and children, and women unable to support themselves. Learn about life there in Antiquity π doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous theyβve become invisible. Heβs able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.
Articles of Interest just had an excellent series on the crossover between military gear and athleisure and the way every force now looks the same
I have some more bad news.
If an admissions committee even suspects you used ChatGPT for your application letter, they'll almost certainly decide not to waste a precious admissions spot on you.
Instead they'll give it to, you know, someone who actually likes to write and knows how to do it.
